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Our Donors

Phase I: The Land Campaign

In 2010, support from our membership allowed us to begin the planning process for our new interpretive center. Working with The Boldt Company, we completed a thorough site analysis, ultimately identifying the Sandpiper Restaurant property as the location for our new building. Later that year, we hired Schmeeckle Reserve Interpreters to work with our stakeholders to develop an Interpretive Master Plan for the new center. In 2011, we began a fundraising campaign to purchase the Sandpiper property. Thanks to a strong response throughout the year and to a generous donor who funded a $50,000 match in the final 30 days of the campaign, we closed on the purchase on October 31, 2011.

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Cindy & Fred Acker

Thomas & Susan Alt

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ambuel

Michael & Lesley Ammons

Lyle & Vicki Amundson

Milton & Carol Ancevic

Stefan & Joan Anderson

Jack & Susan Anderson

Mr. & Mrs. John E. Anderson

Bob & Dorothy Anderson

Edward Augustine

Inge Alverson Bacon CPA

Baileys Harbor Athlete Club, Inc.

Mr. Robert L. Baldwin

Harry B. Banzhaf

Ruth Barker

Ms. Francha Barnard

Sr. Marquita Barnard

John & Jennifer Barnes

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Barry

George & Sandra Batzli

Lois Bauer

Mrs. Nada Bevic

Blacksmith Inn On the Shore

Mildred Blaha

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Blietz

Michael & Lucy Bloedorn

Ms. Josephine C. Blue

Ken & Carol Boyd

Norma & John Bramsen

Mark Breseman & Jane Hillstrom

Mrs. Walter F. Brissenden

John & Gisela Brogan

Kathleen and Robert Brown

Mrs. Judy Brown

Ted & Judy Buenzli

Ken & Mary Bussard

Dr. & Mrs. Richard Burkhardt

Dave & Lavonne Callsen

Ms. Carol Carpenter

Richard Carter & Carolyn Kenney-Carter

Tina Cabitt

Nancy Ciezki & Diane Kostecke

Peter & Barbara Classen

George & Sharon Cobb

Roy & Jo Cole

Dennis & Bonnie Connolly

Mr. & Mrs. Chester Cook

Dennis & Janis Cooper

Cordon Family Foundation

Mrs. Jane Cordon

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Crock

Mr. David Cross & Ms. Joan Fagan

Mr. & Mrs. John Crotty

Susan Cubar & Thomas Jordan

Verne & Charlene Cutler

Joan Deardorff

Kathy Dembny

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Detmer

Mr. Charles W. Dickson, Jr.

Patricia & Richard Diemer

Dorothy & Robert Dieter

James C. Differding & James R. Dickes

Sandra & Richard Dirks

David & Marilyn Doerr

Doug & Judy Drew

Gloria Drummond

Mr. & Mrs. Greg Dziadosz

Sherrill & Al Eichler

Tim & Holly Erskine

Robert Evanson

Joan Everett

Curt &Mr. Richard E. Farrell

Jeff & Sue-Fedenia-Stanley

Kenneth & La Verne Fehrer

Ken & Beth Ferris

Mrs. Edgar Fiedler

Pat & Diane Ford

Mrs. Marjorie Forrest

Jean Friedlander

Grace & Bruce Frudden

John & Edith Fulkerson

Jerry & Mary Garrity

Gary Memorial United Methodist Church

Chuck & Cheri Geiger

Gil & Lynn Gerdman

Patrick & Sandra Gerick

Lloyd & Dorothy Gerrits

Carl & Judith Giessel

Mr. Gordon L. Goodman

Barbara & Spencer Gould

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Greeney

Pamela & Michael Gregory

Medina Gross

Hayden Groy

Mrs. Elizabeth Guenzel

Mrs. Pat Hale

Mr. H. Lowell Hall

Lee & Louise Hansen

Margaret Hansen

Marilyn & Phil Hansotia

Lee Ann & John Harling

John H. Harris

Dr. & Mrs. David V. Harsh

Willard & Mary Hartman

Cathleen Haskins

John & Laurel Hauser

Bill & Katie Hebal

Mr. & Mrs. Don Heeringa

Gordon & Susan Hegenbarth

Mr. & Mrs. Walter Hellyer

Philip & Elizabeth Hendrickson

Hickey Bros. Fisheries

Roger & Denette Hilbert

Hislop Family Foundation

Ron & Alice Holden

Judy & Jon Hollingshead

Rev. N. H. Horvath

Bill & Susan Hotz

Sally Hunter

Cathy & Boyd Hutchison

Mr. & Mrs. Clement Imhoff

Jim & Andrea Jauquet

Billie Johnson

Rosemary & Lee Jones

Mr. Robert A. Kahl

Charles and Carol Keller

Marguerite M. Keys

Patricia Kiefer

Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kimbell

Bob & Carolyn Kimbell

Kim & Terrie Kimbell

Dorothy Klepp

Mary L. Klesner

Donald R. Kline

Lucy and Karl Klug

Richard Knowles

Merritt and Julie Knox

Teresa Kochaver & Don Hooker

Mary Jean Kraybill & Daniel Meyer

Susan Kressin & James Radtke

Mrs. Agnes Kubicz

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrie Kull

Mr. Jim Labiak

Mrs. Marg Lacy

Jerome & Barbara Langenecker

Roberta L. Raymond & Richard Larson

Ann M. Lawler

Mitch & Jean Leavitt

Mr. and Mrs. Will E. Leland

Ms. Diane Lembck

Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Leonard

Ms. Judie Leonard

Steve & Julie Leonard

Anthony & Judith Licata

Tom and Pat Lison

Mrs. Patricia B. Loomis

Ms. Margaret Lott

Ms. Renata A. Lucht

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

Sharon L. Lumsden

Ms. Jane Lyons

Paul & Marilyn Mahlberg

Jeanne & Joe Majeski

Phillip Makurat & Cathleen Haskins

Robert & Jeannette Marlow

Mr. & Mrs. Neil McCarty

Maureen Sandstrom-McGrath

Charles F. & Nancy Mead

Vicki Medland and Michael Draney

Greg & Marsha Meissner

Gertrud E. Meyer

Mary Jean Kraybill & Daniel Meyer

Ed & Sandy Miller

Moonlight Bay Property Owners Association

Barb Morgan & Deanna D’Abbraccio

Ed & Chris Movall

John & Nancy Munch

Walter & Elaine Naleway

Roberta W. Nauman

William C. Neumann

Karen & Bruce Newbern

Martha H. Newkirk

Phoebe O’Connell

Carol & Bruce Olson

Ed & Erny Pentecost

Leonard & Mary Place

Theodore & Florence Podraza

Thomas Polken

Rex Pope,D.D.S.

Brian & Anne Purrington

Michael Raap

Bob & Betty Ragotzkie

Raibrook Foundation

Mr. Stephen D. Reed

Mr. & Mrs. Franklin P. Rogers

Jim & Kitty Rogers

Michel & Judy Roy

Bob Ryan

Paul & Thea Sager

Rev. Barbara Sajna

Karen Sandstrom

Drs. Mike Sarahan & Kari Haus

Toby & Valerie Schlick/Fish Creek Kite Company

Gretchen & Steve Schmelzer

Joan B. Schmoeller

Gwynne K. Schultz

Pete & Carol Schuster

Mr. Jeffrey L. Seiler

Mrs. Lois Seiler

Patricia Shelton

Marie Sieker & Rod Matthews

Anda & Stephen Sokalski

Jim Sokolowski

Robert & Joanne Solem

Mary & Ray Spangler

Sue Spitz

Mark Sprague & Virginia Riggs

Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Sroka

Aurelia M. Stampp

Emily & Steve Stanley

Robert & Marsha Steffen

Michael P. Steffen

Diane & Terry Steiner

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Stenzel

Mr. & Mrs. Tim Stone

Elizabeth & David Story

Robert & Rita Sullivan

Lois A. Sutton

Roberta Thelen

Roy & Mary Thilly

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas/Maynard

Ms. Betty Thoms

Prof. William H. Tishler

Joel & Patti Trick

Bob & Dorothy Troller

John & Judy Turner

Bill & Barbara Urbrock

Jolene & Mike Van Koevering

Kaye Wagner

James & Ann Walsh

Linda J. Walter

Jane Weis

Mrs. Mary C. Wells

Gary & Susan Wemmert

Charles Westcott

Hank & Judy Whipple

John & Jane Whitney

Mr. A. K. Wickesberg

Jim & Karen Wilkinson

Carol Williams

Eleanor M. Williams

James Williamson

Jane & Karl Wise

Lynda L. & George Withbroe

Ms. Margaret C. Wolf

Bill & Kathy Wolff

Mrs. Kathy Yates

Sylvia Youell

Dwight & Pam Zeller

Ann & Tom Zimmerman

Dave Zuhlke & Jane McKie

Phase II: Bringing Nature to Life – The Capital Campaign

Our $ 3.5 million capital campaign will fund an exciting project – one that builds on our rich legacy in order to better meet today’s needs and anticipate tomorrow’s. At the center of the project is the Cook-Albert Fuller Center, a facility that will provide a visible public entrance and a focal point for the various areas of our learning campus. It will help us tell our story and give us much-needed space to expand in the areas of education and outreach. In addition to the building, the project includes a handicapped-accessible boardwalk and a Family Discovery Area.

But this is more than a campaign to construct a building. The Ridges is, and has always been, about people. As with the relationship of Albert Fuller and Chester Cook, it is people, their stories and their connections to and through nature that represent our mission.

We hope you will add your story to those listed below in support of the Cook-Albert Fuller Center.